maternal death rate

maternal death rate
maternal mortality rate a rate in which the numerator is the number of maternal deaths ascribed to puerperal causes in one year; the number of live births in that year is often used as the denominator, although to make a true rate the denominator should be the number of pregnancies (live births and fetal deaths). Called also puerperal death or mortality r.

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